Still Standing - Season 5 (2019)

East Preston, Nova Scotia is one of Canada's oldest black communities, with descendants that came north from the USA to escape slavery.

We hear how the train tracks to Churchill were washed away, in parts, by the Spring flood. So with no road to Churchill, the only way to get there now is to fly. So they lost 80% of their tourist industry since this happened. After a year of no rail repair, it has finally started. We see a young woman who was attacked by a Polar Bear on Halloween, and how a brave man saved her, and then others joined in. Two were flown to Winnipeg to the hospital.

Fortune Newfoundland is the gateway to France, the Islands of St. Pierre et Miquelon. Fortune has a population of 1401. We meet the town manager and the Ferry Agent who is also a Bed & Breakfast operator. The 2 new ferries can handle 188 passengers, 18 vehicles each and can operate year round. But the Fortune pier has to be updated and are currently a $1 million short. There has always been a good relationship between Fortune NL and St. Pierre.

Canadians might know Nipigon as the home of the $106 million bridge that closed 42 days after it opened. This is the only way across Canada. Two plywood mills closed down, one was burned. The reservoir was out of water so they could not fight the fire. "Baggy" (his nick name) was one of the mill workers who lost their job, after 2 years he had a premonition of being a wildlife photographer, so he bought a camera and was outside 16-18 hours a day, learning how to use his camera. He has made a new career from photography. This former mill town is now touting its first ...

With a population of 3,000, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland has a plane that doesn't fly and a boat that doesn't float. They have a small boat building industry and we see a B & B owner that holds Murder Mysteries.

Gravelbourg lies in the south of the province and was originally settled by Francophones. A lot of larger farms bought out the smaller ones since after WW2, They think they have a touch of Europe to the town's style. There is a French Canadian cultural centre, where he visits and tries his hand at folkloric dancing. We are introduced to Toto a long time resident from the Philippines who is the local Blacksmith.

Bristol had a reputation as a vacation destination, but the disappearance of logging and mining industries left Bristol looking to get its mojo back; a group of entrepreneurs is using the land in new ways to make Bristol a destination again.

When 3 major lumber mills closed, Lumby lost hundreds of jobs and local businesses. Now the town is hopeful , with a diverse economy that includes arts, culture and a 40 acre grow-op that is hoping to make pot for pets.

This town of 919 population and an hour from Ottawa, used to have many industries, a Graphite Mine that was the largest in the country and logging were huge here. Now those natural resource industries are gone. There are many outdoor activities including a ski hill, a motor sports park, dirt bike racing, fishing and ice fishing, and golfing.

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